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DUI suspect arrested after crashing SUV into Palo Alto home

By Victor Gonzales

Daily News Staff Writer

Posted:
04/03/2013 06:12:16 AM PDT

Updated:
04/03/2013 06:06:27 PM PDT

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The north face of this home on 826 Boyce Ave. in Palo Alto was seriously damaged after an SUV crashed into it on Tuesday, April 2, 2013. A moving company employee working at the home was injured in the crash, Palo Alto police said. The driver was arrested on suspicion of felony DUI causing bodily injury, police said.
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A suspected drunken driver in his 70s smashed into a house in Palo Alto on Tuesday afternoon, injuring a mover working there, according to police.

Officers who responded to a 4:23 p.m. call found that a mid-size SUV had crashed into and badly damaged the north side of a house at 826 Boyce Ave., Palo Alto police Agent Cynthia Kono said. The vehicle struck the mover before continuing into the house, she said.

June, the owner of the damaged house who declined to give her last name, told The Daily News that the injured man worked for a moving company she hired to remove her belongings from her garage. The home was set to be demolished, she said.

Movers were carrying out her belongings while police conducted their investigation.

Damage from the crash made her home uninhabitable, June said, adding she was looking for a temporary place or a local hotel to stay in.

The victim, a San Francisco resident in his 30s, suffered moderate but not life-threatening injuries, including cuts and possibly a broken ankle, Kono said. He was transported to Stanford Hospital.